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(29 Nov 2003) ITA EU 291103N


1. Various of Foreign Ministers meeting
2. British Foreign Minister Jack Straw and Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini speaking
3. Meeting

STORYLINE:

Negotiations on a new European Union (EU) constitution continued in Naples on Saturday, the second of a two-day meeting.

EU Foreign Ministers face a deadline in two weeks for for a final draft EU constitution.

The ministers, who began discussions on a charter two months ago, have made little headway on other thorny issues, including the allocation of European Parliament seats and the powers of the European Central Bank.

They will seek agreement for the second day of a two-day meeting on Saturday, but officials said it will be up to the leaders of the EU nations meeting in Brussels December 12-13, to reach a compromise.

Once a draft constitution is agreed on, the text will be published in all EU languages, then scrutinized in national referendums.

The charter would take effect January 1, 2005.

The constitution is meant to make decision-making more efficient after the bloc expands to 25 nations next May.

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